The default hash type of Cakephp 2.0 is sha1. But when you have set a Security.Salt in the core.php this will be added before your password and before the encryption is done.

To generate a password with Salt you can either create an User::add method in Cakephp and use the Authcomponent or create some your own. I needed it for fast checking user accounts with a javascript frontend (no views are used).

In this tutorial, i will show you how to implement jQuery UI’s autocomplete widget in cakephp. The script in this tutorial is copy paste from tutorialzine article “A Simple Movie Search App w/ jQuery UI” . We are using a MySql database containing a users table. When you start typing a user name in the text box of the search form, an AJAX request is sent to controller. The controller returns a JSON object with suitable user name.

There is some tweaking that we need to perform in order to make sure that Apache runs CakePHP applications smoothly. Many Apache installations may not require the following tweaking, as they might be set as default, but it is always a good idea to check if the following settings are present.(more…)

The MVC (Model View Controller) pattern is a commonly used design pattern in software development, where the code is separated into three major parts: models, views, and controllers. The exact purpose of each part depends on the implementation, as it may vary from one framework to another. Here, we are going to describe the way CakePHP implements the MVC pattern. So, this is not a general discussion on MVC pattern, rather we are only going to see Cake’s own MVC implementation. As we have already mentioned, CakePHP separates the code into three separate parts: models, views, and controllers.(more…)

What is CakePHP?

According to the official CakePHP website (http://cakephp.org):
“Cake is a rapid development framework for PHP which uses commonly known design patterns like Active Record, Association Data Mapping, Front Controller and MVC. Our primary goal is to provide a structured framework that enables PHP users at all levels to rapidly develop robust web applications, without any loss to flexibility.”
Someone who is new to frameworks might not understand parts of the definition. But understanding a few key terms will make the job much easier.(more…)